Once development and strengthened through use schemas become integrated structures. Which of the following statements relating to the relationship between schemas and new information is also accurate?
Correct answer: B. The idea of exceptions to the rule is consistent with the sub-typing model model of stereotype change.
- A. Well development schemas change readily when faced with disconfirming evidence.
- B. The idea of exceptions to the rule is consistent with the sub-typing model model of stereotype change.
- C. In the book-keeping model disconfirming instances of the stereotype are relegated to 'exceptional' sub-categories largely intact.
- D. The conversion model proposes that there is fine-tuning of a schema with each new piece of information.
Explanation
The subtyping model explains stereotype resistance by placing disconfirming individuals into an exception category rather than changing the broader stereotype. The bookkeeping model gradually adjusts a schema, while the conversion model changes it more broadly after substantial disconfirmation.
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